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Purpose Rising

Helping You Rise Into Your Next Chapter!

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Every journey begins with a quiet whisper.

At Purpose Rising, strengths-based coaching and guided conversations help individuals navigate moments of transition, growth, and renewed direction in life and leadership.

Rooted in the CliftonStrengths framework developed by Gallup, this work focuses on discovering and developing what is already strong within you — the natural patterns of talent that shape how you think, lead, and contribute.

Purpose Rising was founded by Paul Moda, a Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths Coach with more than three decades of experience in leadership development, higher education, and helping individuals discover and build on their natural strengths.

Together we explore the unique combination of gifts, talents, and experiences that make you who you are — and how those strengths can guide what comes next.

Whether you’re seeking clarity in your work or studies, navigating a life or leadership transition, or sensing that a new chapter may be emerging, Purpose Rising offers a grounded space to reflect, reconnect with your strengths, and move forward with intention.

We don’t grow by developing what’s wrong — we grow by building on what’s strong.

⭐If you have any questions, I would be very happy to answer them! Please email: [email protected] 

Packages

Free Summer Reset Session

If you’re thinking about what’s next, this free consultation is a gentle first step into clarity, possibility and aligned direction.

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⭐ UNLOCK YOUR FULL STRENGTHS PROFILE: New Client Special⭐

Most people only ever see part of who they are.
Often, that means only seeing their Top 5 strengths.

This experience gives you access to your full strengths profile — all 34 — so you can better understand how your strengths shape the way you think and work.

Unlock Your Strengths is a one-on-one coaching experience designed to help you apply those insights in real ways — in your decisions, your relationships, and what comes next.

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Personalized Coaching Sessions

Personalized Coaching Sessions offer focused, individualized support to help you gain clarity, navigate challenges, and make aligned decisions in every area of your life. Whether you need insight, direction, or a meaningful reset, each session meets you exactly where you are and supports your next step forward.

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Coaching Package 1 - Discovering Your Core Purpose (3 sessions total)

Coaching Package 1 guides you inward to uncover the themes, strengths, and deeper motivations that have shaped your life. Through reflective conversation and powerful insight work, you’ll reconnect with what truly energizes you and begin seeing your story with new clarity. This is where you discover your inner compass—the foundation for every aligned decision ahead.

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Coaching Package 2 - Designing a Life That Fits (6 sessions total)

Coaching Package 2 helps you turn insight into direction by imagining the life, work, and relationships that match who you truly are. You’ll clarify what alignment looks like, define the environments and opportunities that support your growth, and create a practical path forward. This pathway brings purpose into motion, giving you a clear direction you can trust.

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Coaching Package 3 - Living and Leading with Purpose (9 sessions total)

Coaching Package 3 is an advanced coaching experience for individuals ready to integrate purpose into every part of their life, work, and leadership. You’ll strengthen confidence, deepen alignment, and build the habits and clarity that allow you to live—and lead—with intention. This is where purpose becomes a way of being, shaping how you show up in the world.

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Testimonials

Paul helped me understand not only my top strengths, but also how they intersect and work together. His positivity and encouragement showed me that I can harness my strengths instead of dwelling on my weaknesses. Because of Paul, I can confidently say that my top strength is Context, and I now see how it blends with my other top five strengths in meaningful ways. The resources he shares are invaluable for anyone wanting to further explore the world of CliftonStrengths—where each of us, including me, is uniquely powerful. Thank you, Paul!

- Matthew Ford

I had a fantastic experience with Purpose Rising. I met with Paul last week to review my CliftonStrengths results, and the session was incredibly insightful. It was empowering to finally put language and clarity to how I think, process information, and take action. Paul has a gift for helping you see your strengths in a way that feels both validating and motivating...I’m truly excited to continue learning from Paul and to receive guidance as I navigate my next steps in my career. I highly recommend Purpose Rising to anyone looking for clarity, growth, and intentional direction.

- Yokarys Velez

I have known Paul since college, and he has always been supportive, insightful, and great at offering thoughtful guidance. My recent experience with his coaching services was just as positive. He carefully walked me through my CliftonStrengths results and took the time to patiently explain each aspect in a way that was clear and easy to understand. Paul created a comfortable environment where I felt encouraged to ask questions and reflect on my results. His insights helped me see how my strengths show up in different areas of my life and how I can use them more intentionally. The session gave me a deeper understanding of myself and where my strengths lie, and it has already been very beneficial in my daily life.

- Annette Delva

I had a great experience working with Paul, whom I have known since college. Paul helped put my experiences, growth, and personal journey into words in a way that really resonated with me. He provided thoughtful insight and language that helped me better understand not only my strengths, but also how they connect to who I am today both personally and professionally. Our conversation gave me a clearer perspective on my development and left me feeling more confident in how I view myself and my future goals. Paul creates a supportive environment where you truly feel heard and understood. His ability to connect strengths, experiences, and personal growth into a clearer picture of who you are is incredibly valuable.

- Diana Paulina

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Paul Moda?

⭐ Who is Paul Moda?



I’m Paul Moda, a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Level III Reiki Master, and M.A.–trained Theatre Educator. With over 30 years in higher education, I’ve helped students and professionals navigate meaningful transitions, reconnect with their natural talents, and find clarity during pivotal chapters of their lives.

My work is grounded in CliftonStrengths — a research-based assessment that identifies the natural talents and abilities already within you. Using CliftonStrengths as the catalyst, Purpose Rising blends heart-centered coaching, reflection, and storytelling to help you listen to your quiet whisper within, reconnect with your inner compass, and step confidently into what’s next.

Before creating Purpose Rising, I served for more than three decades as Director of Student Leadership and Engagement at Bunker Hill Community College, shaping thousands of lives at one of the most diverse institutions in the country. During that time, I helped students and professionals navigate meaningful transitions, reconnect with their strengths, and find clarity during pivotal chapters of their lives.

Through signature initiatives such as the Faces of Leadership Conference, Exploring Leadership Program, and The Power of the Heart Learning Community Seminar, I created spaces where individuals could explore identity, uncover strengths, build belonging, and rise into purposeful leadership.

Purpose Rising began as a quiet whisper — a recognition that people were longing for clarity, alignment, and deeper purpose. I help individuals reconnect with their strengths, listen to their inner compass, and take aligned, confident action in the directions that matter most.

As a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, Level III Reiki Master and M.A. in Theatre Education, I bring together strengths theory, leadership development, myth and storytelling, and energy work to create a unique experience tailored to each client.

My CliftonStrengths themes — Connectedness, Adaptability, Ideation, Positivity, and Belief — shape every coaching conversation. They allow me to help clients:
⭐ Listen deeply to the quiet whisper of their inner compass
⭐ Identify meaningful patterns in their story
⭐ Move from intention into purposeful, courageous action
⭐ Rise into the next chapter of their life with clarity and confidence

I believe that every person holds within them the capacity for becoming through intentional action — and that sustainable transformation emerges when inner truth and outward choices come into alignment.

My programs have supported thousands of individuals in discovering their potential, stepping consciously into the life they are shaping, and rising with purpose into their becoming. Purpose Rising offers a supportive space to explore what could be next and rise into the next chapter of your story.

⭐If you have any questions, I would be very happy to answer them! Please email: [email protected] 

What is CliftonStrengths?

⭐ What is CliftonStrengths?

CliftonStrengths (formerly StrengthsFinder) is Gallup’s globally recognized, evidence-based talent assessment, designed to identify a person’s natural patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving across 34 talent themes.

The framework is built on a simple, research-backed idea: people grow more — and perform better — when they invest in developing what they naturally do well, rather than focusing primarily on fixing weaknesses.

There is a 1-in-33-million chance that two people share the same Top 5 strengths in the same order, which makes each individual’s results a highly personalized map of what uniquely motivates, energizes, and drives them.

You can learn more about the CliftonStrengths framework here:
 https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths


⭐ The 34 CliftonStrengths themes 

The 34 talent themes fall into four domains that describe how people naturally show up in their work and relationships:

Executing
Talents that help you organize, implement, and get things done.

Influencing
Talents that help you take initiative, speak up, and move people to action.

Relationship Building
Talents that help you create trust, connection, and strong teams.

Strategic Thinking
Talents that help you absorb information, see patterns, and make sound decisions.

The assessment presents paired statements, and for each pair you choose the one that best fits you. Gallup then ranks your talents, identifying your most dominant themes. The standard report provides an in-depth analysis of your Top 5.

⭐ Why We Start With Your Top 5 CliftonStrengths

Your Top 5 CliftonStrengths represent the strongest, most natural parts of who you are. These themes show up in your thinking, relating, and decision-making every single day — often without you realizing it. By focusing on your Top 5, we:

  • Start with what’s most true about you:  these are the talents that already drive your success, your energy, and your best moments.
  • Keep the process simple and meaningful:  thirty-four themes is a lot.  Your Top 5 give us the clearest picture of how you’re wired, without overwhelming the work.
  • Create momentum quickly:  when you understand and activate your most dominant strengths, you begin to see immediate shifts in clarity, confidence, and performance.
  • Build a foundation for deeper work:  once your Top 5 are named, understood, and embraced, we can safely expand into your full strengths profile if needed.

The heart of CliftonStrengths is the discovery that what is right with you has always been stronger than what is wrong. It reveals the natural talents already within you — and how they can become powerful strengths guiding your choices, leadership, and next chapter.

⭐ What CliftonStrengths gives people

  • Language for their talent DNA — a way to finally name what they’ve always felt but couldn’t articulate
  • Confidence in who they are, not who they “should” be
  • A starting point for growth rooted in what they do well naturally
  • A framework for momentum in school, career, leadership, and life transitions
  • A deeper sense of identity and direction — a clearer inner compass

At its core, the gift of CliftonStrengths is permission to stop fixing yourself and start understanding yourself — and to build your future from what is already strong, alive, and uniquely yours.  We don’t get better by fixing what’s wrong; we grow by investing in what’s strong








Why work with a Clifton Strengths Coach?

⭐ Why work with a CliftonStrengths Coach?

Working with a CliftonStrengths coach can help you move from simply knowing your natural talents and abilities to actively applying them to improve your career, relationships, and personal life. A certified coach offers objective guidance and customized strategies that focus on developing what you do best, rather than dwelling on weaknesses. 

⭐ For Personal and Career Development

  • Create actionable strategies:  while the CliftonStrengths assessment provides your results, a coach helps you interpret them and create a practical roadmap for applying your unique talents in your daily life.
  • Boost self-awareness:  a coach helps you gain a deeper understanding of your motivations, behaviors, and patterns of thinking. This insight improves decision-making and confidence.
  • Enhance professional skills: a coach can help you apply your talents to become a more effective leader, navigate career transitions, and improve your management effectiveness.
  • Increase engagement and performance:  research from Gallup shows that individuals who receive strengths-based development are six times more likely to be engaged in their jobs and report a higher quality of life. 

⭐ For Teams and Organizations

  • Improve team dynamics:  by helping each team member understand and communicate their own strengths, a coach fosters better collaboration, communication, and trust.
  • Optimize team performance: A coach can help leaders strategically deploy team members according to their strengths, ensuring that people are in roles that maximize their potential.
  • Foster engagement: when employees can use their unique strengths every day, it leads to higher engagement and productivity for the entire team.
  • Resolve conflict: a coach gives teams a common language to discuss and appreciate different perspectives, leading to more positive conflict resolution. 


Who can benefit?

⭐ Who can benefit?

Everyone can benefit from taking the CliftonStrengths Assessment, and the results can be used and interpreted across a variety of areas, enhancing your personal and professional life. Working with CliftonStrengths can:

  • Boost self-awareness and confidence
  • Improve performance and productivity
  • Develop better communication, decision-making and problem-solving skills
  • Enhance your well-being and quality of life

⭐ FOR SCHOOL

  • Stop stressing and start acting. Develop a personalized plan to maximize your academic performance
  • Improve how you study, manage time, enhance communication and work with others
  • Boost your confidence and build resilience for college and beyond

⭐ FOR CAREER

  • Use your strengths to craft a standout resume and give thoughtful answers in interviews
  • Network like a pro. Confidently communicate your unique value to potential employers and build real connections
  • Discover the right path for you. Go from 'what am I doing?' to 'this is what I was made for.' Use your strengths to find a career you'll love

⭐ FOR LIFE

  • Stop comparing yourself to others. Build confidence by understanding and owning your unique gifts
  • Find your tribe. Build deeper, more meaningful connections with peers, colleagues and family
  • Navigate the unknowns of life with a personal roadmap. Turn anxiety into action and own your future


What can you expect?

⭐ What can you expect?

Every session offers a space to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what matters most. Our work together is conversational and collaborative, grounded in your strengths, your story, and the themes emerging in your life. I’ll listen closely, ask thoughtful questions, and support you in exploring insight, clarity, and direction — all without pressure, judgment, or expectation.
What will you walk away with?

⭐ What will you walk away with?

After each session, you’ll leave with a clearer sense of where you are, what feels possible, and what direction feels most meaningful for you. You’ll gain insight into your strengths, your story, and your next steps, along with at least one strengths-aligned action you can take immediately.

Many clients describe leaving sessions feeling grounded, affirmed, and more connected to their inner compass — with renewed clarity and momentum for the path ahead.
How should you prepare?

⭐ How should you prepare?

Preparation can be simple. You don’t need perfect answers — just a willingness to reflect and explore what feels meaningful right now. You may come with a question, goal, curiosity, or an area of life where you’d like more clarity, but it’s equally okay to arrive without a specific topic in mind.

A notebook can be helpful for capturing insights or patterns that emerge. Most importantly, bring your full self and a sense of openness. Our work begins wherever you are, and we’ll explore what’s possible from there.
Agreements, Payments, and Policies

🤝 Mutual Agreements

Purpose Rising coaching is grounded in kindness, clarity, and shared commitment. To support a meaningful experience, we agree to:

• Communicate with openness and respect
• Honor each other’s time and presence
• Maintain confidentiality and emotional safety
• Recognize and respect differences in identity and perspective
• Adjust together if something feels misaligned

These agreements create the foundation for supportive, purposeful work.

🗓 Scheduling & Rescheduling

All sessions are scheduled through Paperbell. You can reschedule through your confirmation email or dashboard. Please provide 24 hours’ notice if you need to cancel or reschedule. Sessions are normally done online, unless special requests are made and accommodated.

🎁 Gifted Sessions

If your session was purchased as a gift, the purchaser will provide your name and email so I can grant access. You’ll create a Paperbell account using that email, and your gifted session will appear in your client dashboard. Gifted sessions do not expire.

🔐Secure Payments

At Purpose Rising, your security matters. We use Stripe, one of the most trusted payment processors worldwide, to handle all transactions safely and securely, just like PayPal or Square. Stripe encrypts your card information and processes the payment.  You don’t need a Stripe account; you simply pay with your card as usual. Your information is encrypted and protected, and neither Purpose Rising nor Paperbell ever sees or stores your payment details.

📬 Communication Preferences

To protect your privacy and keep communication clear and organized, session-related communication takes place by email. You’re welcome to engage with Purpose Rising on social media, but session-related communication should be emailed to keep things confidential and easy to reference.

♿ Accessibility & Accommodations

Purpose Rising aims to be welcoming and accessible for all clients. If pacing adjustments, additional processing time, visual or auditory support, or alternative formats would be helpful, please let me know. You deserve a coaching space that honors your needs and strengths!

💻 Technology

Sessions are held online through Google Meet. If technical issues arise, we’ll reconnect or reschedule as needed.

🔒 Confidentiality

Your sessions are confidential, except in cases involving safety concerns or legal requirements. This space is designed for honest reflection, insight, and growth.

⏰ Late Arrival

If you arrive late, we’ll use the remaining time. Sessions cannot be extended, but I’ll always ensure the time we have is meaningful.

❌ Cancellations & Refunds

Refunds are available for unused sessions purchased directly. Gifted sessions are non-refundable, but may be reassigned at the purchaser’s request. Completed sessions are considered fulfilled.

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